This is not an abandoned vehicle

“THERE’S a letter for you, and you’re not going to believe it,” says my mum, down the phone. “It’s entitled: REFUSE DISPOSAL (AMENITY) ACT 1978 - ABANDONED VEHICLE.” My ears prick up and my hackles rise, ready for full defense of my historic vehicle. Again.

Last time was Torbay, 2017, when my much loved historic vehicle was towed to the scrapyard and, as I was working in Iraq at the time, a combination of Land Rover social media forums, loyal LRM readers and editor Pat managed to alert me to its plight. Back then, the Lightweight was left